Nepal’s Madheshi parties help Oli stay in power
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With the Mahantha Thakur-Rajendra Mahato-led Madheshi faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party refusing to support them, the two opposition parties failed to secure the required votes to lay claim to form a coalition government.
ET Bureau
The Madhesi parties from Nepal s Terai region played smart politics, denying the Nepali Congress-Maoists combine a chance to form government in Kathmandu, enabling KP Sharma Oli to be reappointed as Prime Minister within days of losing a confidence vote.
With the Mahantha Thakur-Rajendra Mahato-led Madheshi faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party refusing to support them, the two opposition parties failed to secure the required votes to lay claim to form a coalition government.